The Grown Up's Guide to Retiring Abroad

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Summary: For The Clueless
Review: It might have been that I expected something different from this book, but all this is is a collection of short chapters on various countries. Information on geography, currency, etc., with bits and pieces on the housing market, local customs, and a little bit on visa requirements.

I don't know - but I always figured that if I wanted to retire abroad I'd already have a general idea where I would want to retire to. I would not need information on geography and currencies. What I'd rather want to know is: What implications does retiring abroad have on my U.S. retirement pays, taxes, medical insurance, to name just a few. How to best move my stuff, and what to look out for. Etc. Etc. Etc.

The Grown-Up's Guide to Retiring Abroad is nothing more than a very, very generalized travel guide with a few sentences in every country chapter referring to the retirement aspects of it all.

If you are still utterly clueless as to where you would like to retire to - Belize or the Czech Republic, Germany or Thailand, Greece or Honduras - then by all means get this book to get a very short and general overview of these countries, but for people who already know which country they'd prefer this book is really not too informative because they will probably know most of the information in here - from their travel guide books.

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Summary: good starting place for future retirees
Review: The author chose a sampling of places and categorized them nicely (eg English speaking, budget, etc). There's a list of contacts for further research for each place. I thought it raised some thoughtful general concerns especially the economic situations of the places and what your day would be like there. It also has helpful facts such as average housing prices and annual expenditures estimates. The book was a good starting point for someone like me who is just starting to think about retirement places.